Paper-pad holder and pencil retainer



May "s, 19,25

J. c. RSCHAFEQ PAPER PAD HOLDER AND PENCIL RETAINER Filed April 1v, 1924 SALESMAN SGLD TO Fig,

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-ATTRNEK Patented May 5, 1925.

PATENTgoI-Flcn JOHN F. SCHAFER, 0.1:" MOUNT PULASKI, ILLINOIS.

'PAPER-PAD HOLDER AND PENCIL RETAIN Application mea April yi?, 1924, serial 110,707,107.

To all whom t may` concern.' i

Beit known that I, T01-INC. F. SoHAFEn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Pulaski, county of Logan, and State' r of illinois, haveinventeda new `and useful Improvement in Paper-Pad Holders and Pencil Retainers, of which the following is a specilication. 4 4

The invention relates -to a device for holdingy pads such as memoranda bla-nk pads or other blankpads in convenient and accessible form, and also for retaining a pencil or other writing instrument in convenient position relative to the pad.

The object of the invention is to provide aconvenient and inexpensive paper pad holder and vpencil retainer in connection therewith, the two devices cooperating in a manner to necessitate the placing of the pencil Within the retainerl before the pad .holder can be closed for` placementy inthe pocket, or in other storage" place when not in actu-al usage. e

A further object is to prevent detachment or withdrawal of the pencil fromthe retainerwithout firstopening the pad holder', f

and when Vthe pad holder is opened `for usage itkcan not again bevolosed until the pencil has been sheathed within the retainer,

Another purpose ofthe invention is to provide a. paper pad holder of such `forni that lwhen the various sheets in the pad have been all usedthat the pad stub may be readily removed for thesubstitution of a new pad.

In the accomplishment of these and other objects in view, my invention consists in thel construction and combination of the several parts as disclosed 'in the drawings and specilications ofwhich Figurel is a plan viewof one form of'my device adapted for holding a blank order pad such as are commonly used by salesmen in` various branches of business, this view. showing the body portion, 10, with thecover, 11, in open position with the pencil, 17, inserted in the retainer portion,'12, ofthe cover portion, 11.

Figure 2 shows a side elevation of the body portion, 10, with the cover portion, 11, and pencil retainer portion, 12, all in open positionwith the pencil, 17, removed.v

Figure 3 is a plan view of the device in closed position showing the cover portion,

1l, and pencil retainer portion, 12, with pencil, 17, enclosed therein.

. Figure t shows .a front elevation of the device without the order padv and with the pencil retainer portion, 12. in section.-

.Figure 5 shows'a broken cornery plan view ofthe body portion, 10, and cover portion, 11, somewhat enlarged to more clearly show the method of hinging the cover portion` 11, to the body portion, 10. c f i l Fhqurev 6, also enlarged, shows a section f on line 6-6 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of-the arrow, this view illustrating 'the pad clamping portion. 13,` and method of its attachment to the body portion, 10.

Figure 7 shows an enlarged partial ysection of the pencil retainer-portion, 12, looking lfrom the front, this view also showing side elevation ofthe spring pawl mechanism which locks cover portion, 11, in open position relative to the body portion, 10, also showing the locking post, 14, `which is al bottom end extension of the pad` retainer portion, 13.

f Figure I8 is the plan `elevation of spring pawl, 15, with pivotlugs,`16-16.

ure 6, p f y Figure 10y is av partial plan view of the upper right hand corner of Figure 3 looking downward, showing sidewise extended portion, 26, of body, 10, which prevents withdrawal of pencil from sheath portion, 12 until hinged cover, 11, has been 'turned backward beyond` a right angle position relative to body, 10.k

y Reference numerals 'y refer to corresponding partsthroughout the severa-l views.

Rear end corner extended portion, 27, prevents withdrawal of the pencil when cover, 11, is in closedposition. Pad holder portion, 13, of suitable resilient material, is lixedly connected-to body portion, 10, by means of a plurality of tongues, 25, forced out from'rear end of body, 10, through corresponding openings vin rear side of port tion, 13, and folded over tightly thereon.

Cover portion, 11, is hinged to body portion, 10, as shown at 29-29 in Figure 1, i

ed along the dotted line, 20, in Figure 1 in common form of such pads to permit each successive sheet to be readily torn from the Figurel 9 isa section on line 9-9 of Fig-` pad leaving the stub of each sheet within the retainer, 18. In the open position shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, the pencil may readily be withdrawn 'from the retainer portion, 12, for any desired writing on the pad. vWhen the pencil is withdrawn from the retainer, the locking pawl, 15, by reason of its rear end spring' portion, 21, forces the pawl end, 15, into position above locking post, 14, so that the cover portion, 11, can not be closed when the pencil is not within the retainer, 12.

jlaving inislied the required writing on the pad, the pencil, 17, is sheathed within the retainer, 12, and in so doing the pencil forces the rear end 22 of pawl, 15, outward in the direction oit the dotted line, 23, cansing the locking end of the pawl, 15, to recede to the position shown in dotted line, 24, out of the path ot the locking post, 14, in which position the cover portion, 11, and pencil retainer portion, 12, are 'free to swing downward into closed position on body, 10.

.ln the drawings and specifications l have disclosed one form of my invention, however, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that various forms and constructions of the device may be made without departing from the scope of my invention, theretore l do not wish to confine myself to the enact form and construction which I have shown.

I claim:

1. A paper pad holder` and pencil retainer, comprising a body portion having a pad holder connected therewith, a movably connected cover portion having a pencil retainer therewith, together with cooperating means to prevent removal of the pencil while the two portions are in closed position.

2. A paper pad holder and pencil retainer', comprising a body portion with a pad holder thereon, a cover portion, having an integral pencil retainer therewith, hinged to said body portion, and eo-acting means on said body portion and on said cover portion to prevent the closing together of said two portions when there is no pencil within the retainer.

3. A paper pad holder and pencil retainer, comprising a body member and a movable cover member with supplemental pad holder and pencil retainer portions at tached thereto, together with coacting means on the two members to prevent the withdrawal of the pencil while tlre two members are in relatively closed position, and Vifnrther means to prevent the closing together oit the two members when the pencil is not in the retainer.

4. A. paper pad holder and pencil retainer, comprising a body member and a movable cover member with a pad holder portion suliplemental to one member and a pencil retainer portion supplemental to the ether member, together with coacting means substantially as set forth, whereby closing together of the two members is prevented when the pencil is omitted 'from its retainer, and further means to prevent the withdrawal out.' the pencil when the two members are in relatively closed position.

A paper pad holder and pencil retainer comprising a body member, and a cover member, a pencil retainer on on'e inember, and a stop on the other member across the end of the said pencil retainer when the members are in a relatively closedposition.

6. A paper pad holder and pencil retainer, comprising two hinged members, a pencil retainer with integral housing for a pawl adapted to be operated by said pencil, along the side of one member, and a stop on the other member (zo-acting with said pawl.

7. In a paper pad holder and pencil retainer, a spring pawl hinged in the pencil retainer and pawl housing portion, one end olf said pawl acting to hold the pencil in the retainer, and the other end adapted to co-act with the stop on the other member.

JOHN C. F. SCHAFER.

Witnesses W. F. BINDER, W. A. SCHAFER.

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